Shipping plans advance as Roosevelt and Churchill meet
Washington AP president Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill focused on shipping in a White House conference described as pivotal to Allied war strategy. They discussed shipbuilding, naval and air ties in the Pacific, and coordinated plans with Soviet envoy Litvinov and Chinese diplomat Soong. Hopkins called for a renewed multi front effort against Germany and Japan.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Britain
United Alions
White House
T. V. Soong
Vna
Esidential
Stephen Rly
Har L. Hopkins
Hopkins
New York
Opkins
Pacific
Coral Sea
Midway
Tojo
Coun
United Nas
Japan
M. Litvinov
Tax Advisers Discuss Farm Labor Exemption in Tax Plan
Washington AP Ralph Paul tax adviser to Treasury Secretary Morgenthau outlines a tax plan excluding farm labor and other groups from an installment pay as you go system. The proposal affects individual income tax collections considered by the Ways and Means Committee.
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Ashington
Ranlph Paul
Treasury
Morgenthau
House Ways and Committee
Wative of Middleport Receives Soldier's Medal
Private of E. Carrow Middleport Ohio was awarded the Soldier's Medal by the War Department for bravery while rescuing two comrades from drowning in a creek near Lee Louisiana.
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Wative of
Middleport
Ashington
E. Carrow
Middleport, O
War Department
Lee
Unusual Furniture Bargains in Classifieds Today
Classified ads present Birdseye maple dresser with plate glass mirror and an amplifier at half price. Some readers post Wanted To Buy ads seeking quick responses. Three lines cost 81 cents.
Nazi Parachute Invasion Threat Looms Over Egypt
London reports warn of a mass parachute assault behind British lines in Egypt as Rommel moves to capitalize on Tobruk defeat. Crete observers estimate 5,000 Nazis in Crete with 150 miles from Egypt. Allies press offensive with US bombers at Bengasi and RAF raids.
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Egypt
London
Britain
Libya
Miles Lamson
Cairo
U. S. Army
Bengasi
Erwin Rommel
Land of
The
Nile
Crete
Mediterranean
Navy convoys shipping along coast as U boat toll mounts
The toll of Allied and neutral ships sunk in the Western Atlantic since Pearl Harbor reached 293 today as the Navy began convoying merchant shipping along the east coast. The eastern sea frontier extends Maine to Florida, with intensified submarine activity north of the West Indies and east to Europe under Hitler's directive.
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NAVY
Atlantic
Pearl Harbor
Maine
Florida
Hitler
West Indies
Ireland
Europe
Home Use of War Materials Stirs Debate
Washington discussions on diverting military equipment from domestic production to shore defense follow reports of Japanese advances in the Aleutians and ongoing Axis submarine attacks. Senator Ellender urges keeping materials from Nazi losses, while Senator Pepper argues against diverting supplies from aiding Russia, China, and Britain.
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Washington
Aleutian Islands
Ellender
D.-La
Naval Affairs Committee
Tobruk
Pepper
D.-Fla
Foreign
Thompson Former U S Treasurer Dies at 71
Carmi A. Thompson, 71, treasurer of the United States under Taft, died after a long illness in Cleveland. He aided Harding's front porch campaign and served on an advisory committee for the 1921 arms conference limits. He helped draft the resolution outlawing poison gas in war.
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Cleveland
Carmi A. Thompson
United States
Taft
Thompson
Warren G. Harding
Harding
Sub Sinks Freighter. 88 Feared Dead Off East Coast
The navy announced that an enemy submarine sank a medium sized American freighter off the coast on June 15 with a possible loss of 88 lives the heaviest coastal war loss to date. Eighty one people were rescued including 23 U S soldiers. Captain Arthur E Buck described the sinking saying She was blown to hell and I plan to go back to sea next week.
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Navy
U. S
Arthur E. Buck
New York
Admiralty
Large American Merchantman Sunk Off Virginia Coast
One of four sinkings reported to raise wartime total to 293. The large American merchantman capsized and sank in three minutes after hitting a mine off the Virginia coast last Wednesday. Third Mate Irving C. Leetz, among 44 survivors, said nine mines were swept up the day before the ship fell to another mine. three men remained missing.
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Virginia
Irving C. Leetz
Buenos Aires
Rio Tercero
Belem
Brazil
U. S
Why Britain Still War Ready In Libya And The Middle East
In this column De Witt Mackenzie argues Britain and the Allies lag only because foes built up vast war machines over years. He notes 1942 as a perilous year yet insists long term victory is likely and stresses air power and rapid reinforcement for the Middle East to prevent a potential collapse of Allied positions in Egypt and the region.
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John Bull
Libya
Britain
Mediterranean
Middle East
Russia
Tune
Coral Sea
Midway
Germany
Egypt
Brittain
America
Ford To Battle Federal Waste Near Big Plant
Ford Motor Company will fight the Federal Public Housing Authority plan to build a permanent bomber city for Willow Run workers near Ypsilanti Michigan. Spokesman Harry Bennett said Henry Ford denies surveying access and will pursue every legal method to oppose the project calling it unnecessary wasteful and extravagant. About 100000 workers are planned for peak Willow Run production amid eviction of surveyors and removal of stakes they had driven. Opponents say nearby communities have enough housing to meet the needs.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Federal Public Housing Authority
Ford
Bennett
Michigan
Willow Run
U. S. Bombers Aid Chinese Front Amid Monsoon Fury
Giant four and medium motor bombers move from India to China to bolster General Chiang Kai-Shek’s forces. Dispatches describe planes braving fog storms and Japanese fighter patrols to deliver supplies and aerial strikes to a hard pressed Chinese front.
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Associated Press
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
New Delhi
India
Burma
Imprisoned for Failure To Report for Induction
Browny Marzee age 24 of Jefferson Ohio was sentenced by Federal Judge Emerich B. Freed to four years in federal prison for failing to report for selective service induction. He represented himself as a minister of a religious sect.
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Cleveland
Browny Marzee
Jefferson, O
Emerich B. Freed
Bricker urges Ohioans to guard July 4th weekend
Governor John W. Bricker warns Ohioans to take care during the July 4th weekend to prevent accidents from sapping national strength and disrupting war production. He urges vigilance and safety for the holiday in the wartime period.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Soldier killed in fall from speeding train in Coshocton area
A soldier died last night after falling from a speeding train between Coshocton and Newcomerstown. The man’s identification disc bore the name Raymond Hebert and listed next of kin as Mrs. M Hebert of Chaplain, N. X.
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Here
Newcomerstown
Raymond
Hebert
M. Hebert
Russians Claim Nazi Losses Hit Ten Million
Moscow broadcasts assert Germany suffered about 10 million casualties in the year long war with Soviet forces reporting 4.5 million Red losses. The report credits the Anglo Soviet pact and Soviet US agreement with hastening victory while noting Nazi totals include killed wounded and missing at no less than 3.5 million. Berlin figures cited differ, listing Kremlin losses at 10 million and Germany’s at 1.5 million.
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Moscow
Russia
Germany
Adolf Hitler
United States
Soviet Information Bureau
Berlin
Only Three Vets Attend Ohio GAR Reunion
In Columbus the 76th encampment of Ohio’s Grand Army of the Republic met with only three Civil War veterans present. Thomas Ridenour 97 from Crestline John R Bennett 97 from Waynesfield and Rev W L Hooper 96 from Columbus were the sole attendees. Ohio now has 25 surviving Civil War veterans.
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Columbus
Ohio
Grand Army of the Republic
Thomas Ridenour
Crestline
John R. Bennett
Waynesfield
Rev
W. L. Hooper
Rationing official loses War Book amid sugar cutbacks
McArthur reports the loss of War Ration Book No. 1 on June 15, a setback under current rules that prevent issuing a duplicate for 60 days. His wife says he is without a home sugar allowance during the interim.
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McArthur
C. W. Smith
Vinton County
Smith
170 000 Ohioans to register for draft
An estimated 170000 Ohio males aged 18 to 20 will register for possible military training next Saturday and Tuesday, selective service officials said today.
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Columbus
Ohio
Selective Service
Submarine Action Reported On Far East Route
A British radio report claims United States submarines sank four of seven Japanese ships on the Hongkong to Shanghai route. In Ohio Columbus wheat harvest begins with storage space limited to about half the crop capacity.
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New York
United States
Hongkong
Shanghai
Columbus
Ohio
Sub May Have Hit Twice Near Fort Stevens
Seaside Oregon reports an ineffective shelling of a beach near Fort Stevens Sunday night, following a similar attack on Vancouver Island 300 miles away. Nine shells from a vessel believed to be a Japanese submarine landed in sand dunes near a farm, with vacationers inspecting craters and continuing the search for the marauder.
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Seaside
Fort Stevens
Here
Vancouver Island
Oregon
Vermont Governor Signals Near Gas Rationing
Vermont Governor William H. Wills told the 34th annual National Governor's Conference that nationwide gasoline rationing was in the offing due to the rubber shortage. Governor John W. Bricker of Ohio reviewed his state's actions to meet the war emergency.
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Asheville
N. C
William H. Wills
Vermont
John W. Bricker
Ohio
German Radio Pushes Axis Drive on Soviet Attack
Axis propaganda on Berlin radio suggests Britain and the United States aim to provoke a Russian attack on Japan. Quoted Tokyo papers Asahi and Hochi claim Churchill’s U S visit to Moscow seeks Stalin support. Molotov’s London-Washington remark reportedly rejected. Tokyo radio silent on the matter.
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New York
Russia
Tokyo
Asahi
Hochi
Britain
United States
Japan
Churchill
Moscow
Stalin
Vyacheslav Molotov
London
Washington
Berlin
Await O. K. on Use of Camps
Adj Gen Donald F. Pancoast said the Ohio State Guard will use Camps Hocking in Hocking County and Zaleski in Vinton County for summer training from July 19 to August 2. War Department action on the plan was awaited this week as Camp Perry becomes an army reception center.
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Adj
Donald F. Pancoast
War Department
Hocking
Hocking County
Zaleski
Vinton County
State Guard
CCC
Camp Perry
Pancoast
Nelsonville Shoe Firm Secures Army Contract
The William Brooks Shoe Co. of Nelsonville Ohio receives a contract from the Army to supply 30,000 pairs of shoes.
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Nelsonville Shoe Firm
Boston
Army
William Brooks Shoe Co
Nelsonville, C
Fighting Services Face Huge Rubber Shortage
General staff briefed a House subcommittee on a 250000 ton rubber deficit for the services through 1943. Army navy and lend-lease needs total 866000 tons plus essential civilian use. with 841000 tons available domestically and synthetic production projected at 328000 tons, Britain holds about 160000 tons in reserve. Leon Henderson warned gasoline rationing to save rubber would be a hard step.
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Washington
L. D. Clay
General Staff
House Appropriations
Army
Navy
Clay
United States
Britain
Leon Henderson
War bill sent to House for World War II military aid
The appropriations committee sent a $42,820,003,606 army supply bill to the House to finance an army of 4,500,000 by July 1, 1943 and to provide war materiel to United Nations allies.
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Washington
House
Appropriations Committee
United Nations
Waste Revealed by House Probe
The House Military Committee reported uncovering evidence of excessive commissions by brokers profits for vendors exorbitant salaries bonuses and huge fees for management in War Department contracts. The inquiry described extravagant waste and urged an end to the contractors honeymoon at taxpayers expense.
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Washington
House Military Committee
War Department
War Department seeks massive defense outlay and more planes
The measure would raise authorized defense spending to 205,141,039,537 with 11,316,898,910 set for 23,550 planes and spare parts. General McNarney cites the crisis as the most critical in U S history while Somervell outlines a ramp to 4.5 million in 12 months. The committee urges rubber conservation to speed victory and Echols notes advances in high altitude aircraft and heavier armament.
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J. T. McNarney
Army
War Department
Congress
Roosevelt
McNarney
United Nations
Britain
B. B. Somervell
O. P. Echols
Army Air Corps
French Volunteers To Work in Target Areas
London reports French volunteers will work in German industry in areas targeted by British and American air forces. Foreign Office commentator notes Laval's call discussed in Vichy yesterday.
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London
Pierre Laval
Foreign Office
Laval
Vichy
Vehicles To Increase In Armed Forces
Russell G Riley, engineer for Thompson Products, told the Automotive Engine Rebuilders Association convention in Cleveland that armed forces vehicle stock will rise from about 300000 to 750000 within 18 months.
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Cleveland
Russell G. Riley
Thompson Products, Inc
Automotive Engine Rebuilders Association
Teapot Dome Treasure Uncovered Worth Ten Million
Treasury investigators uncovered a ten million dollar cache of securities and cash tied to Henry M. Blackmer, a fugitive linked to the Teapot Dome scandal, in a search of assets held abroad. Regular line rationing in eastern states has been postponed from July 15 to July 22 to allow car pooling clubs to organize.
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Washington
Henry M. Blackmer
The
Treasury
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